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Spring fever

Posted on March 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Look who’s waiting for us in Esquire UK!

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That’s the April issue for those of you like me who want to appreciate this pic of James McAvoy — and the article, of course — in an honest-to-goodness magazine.

Long live glossies!

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Get in line

Posted on March 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

Rumor time!

And it’s a good one.

queen elizabethDid you hear that Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for gastroenteritis? As a “precautionary measure,” she was admitted today at King Edward VII Hospital in London.

Funny…where have I heard that news before?

Wasn’t Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cornwall, admitted to the same hospital in early December? For similar tummy troubles? As a “precautionary measure” right before they announced her pregnancy?

O.M.G. –

The Queen must be having a baby, too!!

Just remember — you heard it here first (unless the royal family is after me, and then I’m just repeating something I read on Page Six).

That woman just won’t give up the throne.

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Team Sicko

Posted on February 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

CrazyCocoSee Conan.

See Conan bowl.

See Conan dance?

No.

Conan is kicking one of his writers, right after that same writer hit a strike that helped Team CoCo ultimately beat Chris Hardwick’s Team Nerdist in a bowling challenge.

Apparently Conan hit his writers that night when he was happy, and when he was sad.  And when Hardwick commented on  the behavior (when he was a guest on Conan this week), O’Brien admitted that he does it all the time.  And that the writer “could leave whenever he wanted.”

Nice guy.

I’ve had co-workers in the past who hit for ‘emphasis.’  I can only imagine what it must be like, dealing with a egomaniac boss who thinks he can pop you whenever he wants.  And does.

There is nothing funny about that.

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I am starting to see a pattern here

Posted on February 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

I sat down at the computer this morning — filled with ambition — determined to avoid yesterday’s movie meltdown.

And what article immediately distracted me from all meaningful employment?

the other placeThe Other Place is a Broadway play starring Laurie Metcalf of Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory.  She plays a researcher struggling with an unnamed neurological disease whose ability to know what’s real and what’s not slowly begin to fade.

Daniel Stern has played her husband in the show but had to leave due to a family emergency. Bill Pullman (1600 Penn, While You Were Sleeping) stepped in February 5th with only a week to learn the role and rehearse.

I did not know this.

I have seen Pullman on stage in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, but that was years ago.  And while The Other Place has been on my list, his addition to the cast has jettisoned it to the must-see category.  As in, I spent my morning looking at seating charts and buying a ticket.

Bill Pullman, you’ve done it again.

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Lost my train of thought

Posted on February 16, 2013 | 1 Comment

If my Saturday was a train, it would be derailed.

And what was the object blocking the tracks?

while you were sleepingWhile You Were Sleeping (1995)

This classic romantic comedy (which I have seen way too many times to count) aired on HBO mid-morning — right about the time on a Saturday that you make that fateful decision:

Productive or potato?

But when I heard the first strains of the movie soundtrack, I knew I was beat.  I love watching Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman together on screen…even if it is for the hundredth time.

So there I sat for the next two hours.  And then I had to walk the dog and eat lunch and watch the painful UK-UT game and suddenly — it’s late afternoon.

Oh well.  Tomorrow I won’t turn on the premium channels so early here at the ‘station.’

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Snow shuffle

Posted on February 8, 2013 | 2 Comments

It’s a blizzard out there.

So I did what the weather demanded — saw a triple feature at AMC Theatres: Warm Bodies, Identity Thief and Side Effects.

My favorite?

warm bodiesWarm Bodies

Hands down.  No competition.

Zombie movies normally aren’t my thing.  But this is no average run-of-the-mill zombie flick.

Sure, there are zombies shuffling about, covered in gore, on the lookout for brains to eat.

But Warm Bodies is a love story — how meeting one girl helps a zombie learn how to become human again.

It’s sweet and laugh-out-loud-funny — although not everyone in the theater today seemed to get it — and an obvious metaphor about society’s ills.  But what really killed me is that the oh-so-cute zombie I was jonesin’ over was portrayed by Nicholas Hoult, who played the little kid in About a Boy.

Sick.

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Nick Miller, King of Pop?

Posted on February 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

I have to believe that, if Michael Jackson were alive today, he would not only approve of this version of his famous moonwalk, but change his to match.

It’s that awesome.

 

Ya can’t beat it.

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Master class clown

Posted on January 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

Last night I attended the “Garden of Laughs” benefit at Madison Square Garden. The draw?

Ray Romano

garden of laughsIn truth, there were six comedians on the bill — Adam Ferrara, Darrell Hammond, Robert Klein, Brian Regan, Wanda Sykes and Romano — with the ever classy Bob Costas as MC. And lots of surprise celebrities from sports, TV and film serving as presenters between comedy sets.

It was an especially great time to be a local.

With that lineup, it’s no surprise that the comedy was top notch. But what did surprise me was my favorite set of the night.  Not Ray…not last night. No, Robert Klein — who appeared at the mid-point of the show — killed it.

KILLED.

Klein’s not typically one of my favorites, but I had a hard time catching my breath, I was laughing so hard.  As Bob Costas so accurately put it,

“The Master.”

Proceeds from the “Garden of Laughs” benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which has conducted events and programs for more than 215,000 children and their families, including those facing homelessness, extreme poverty, illness and foster care.

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He really is ruggedly handsome!

Posted on January 19, 2013 | 3 Comments

My sister and her husband stayed home last night — on a Friday night, no less — to watch the sci-fi classic Serenity starring Nathan Fillion.

It was a gift from me.

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Not the movie itself — I’m sure they caught the film on Netflix or Hulu. No, their fascination with ‘all things Fillion’ started during their Christmas vacation with me here in New York City.

I took them to a Broadway show. To Jazz at Lincoln Center. To movies and restaurants and shops. Santa even visited my apartment.

But the gift that has continued to ‘keep on giving?’  An impromptu Castle marathon on the last day of their trip, when we all agreed that lying on the couch sounded like fun.

The day Lou and Chuck discovered the charms of Nathan Fillion.

Now they are catching up on episodes of Castle and learning all about his past as Captain Mal in Firefly and Serenity.

I love to watch an obsession come together!

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The dark and light of it

Posted on January 18, 2013 | 1 Comment

So I’m working in front of the TV — really, I am — and the original Footloose comes on.

As you may recall, the opening sequence shows a close up of feet dancing.  Men and women.  All different kinds of shoes and socks, including dark tights with light shoes.

I hate dark tights with light shoes.  I think they disrupt the line of the leg.  But not everyone agrees with me.

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Hey — isn’t that Sarah Jessica Parker in the center photo?  She was in Footloose, too.

Maybe this trend is all her fault.

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